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Goldstein on knife edge as 16 seats still in doubt; Murray Watt says Labor not given credit for โambitiousโ agenda โ as it happened
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Meet the MEP who wants to bring Canada into the European Union
Almost half of Canadians want to join the European Union and one German MEP is doing his best to make it possible. For him, geography is relative.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Africa: What Is The State of Global Press Freedom in 2025?
[AI London] Around the world, journalists are being silenced, jailed, and disappeared - simply for doing their jobs. From Guatemala to the USA, Russia to Pakistan, governments are increasingly resorting to authoritarian practices, weaponizing vague laws, judicial systems, and brute force to suppress press freedom.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Look out! Australia has decided to undutton its culture war pantaloons and give Albo a historic mandate | First Dog on the Moon
Far-right Trumpists โ not this weekSign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Who is Ali France? The Labor candidate who defeated Peter Dutton to win Dickson โ video
Ali France, the Labor candidate who is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election, is a disability advocate, former journalist and world champion para-athlete. She defeated Liberal leader Peter Dutton in her third effort in the seat of Dickson in Brisbaneโs west. France lost her eldest son, Henry, to leukaemia last year.Who is Ali France, the Labor candidate who has unseated Peter Dutton in...
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Middle East updates: Israel hits Yemen port city of Hodeida
The Israeli military says it was targeting Houthi rebels after they launched a missile that hit the Ben-Gurion airport near Tel Aviv. Israel has also approved plans to expand attacks on the Gaza Strip. DW has more.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Is it dangerous to kiss someone whoโs eaten gluten if you have coeliac disease?
A very small amount of gluten can be harmful to people with coeliac disease, so you may worry about cross-contamination through saliva.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Peru: 13 abducted people found dead in gold mine
Authorities said the victims were security guards and miners. The region the mine is located in is under a state of emergency due to ongoing instability.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Fatal Eastern Cape Crash Under Investigation - South African News Briefs - May 5, 2025
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Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:5 huge climate opportunities await the next parliament โ and it has the numbers to deliver
In its previous term, Labor laid the groundwork for stronger climate action. Now, in an expanded majority government, it has the chance to capitalise.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:โฌ50bn trade offer to Trump, Moscow parade, and EU budget in focus This WEEK
The EU is set to unveil a fresh trade offer to the US this week, while the bloc's foreign affairs ministers will gather for an informal meeting in Warsaw. The EU Commission will unveil its roadmap to end fossil-fuel imports from Russia, while MEPs will meet in Strasbourg โ all against the backdrop of World War II commemorations and ongoing fears over the war in Ukraine.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Vietnamโs PM Says US Tariffs Threaten Global Supply Chains, Growth
Pham Minh Chinh says that the Trump administration's tariff announcement has created a "challenging and complicated situation" for the country.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Women political leaders are rare โย but 450 years ago, Anna Jagiellon was elected Queen of Poland
Anna Jagiellonโs story, set over four centuries ago, shows a woman could secure power through a vote, even in an era when female rulers were nearly unheard of.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:EU 'safe countries' asylum concepts being expanded to limit rights
Concepts on asylum are being tweaked to make it more difficult for people to get international protection.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:A rubbish election: voting in Australia produces mountains of waste - but thereโs a better way
From corflutes and how-to-vote cards to 250,000 pencils, 240,000 volunteer vests and 80,000 ballot boxes, hereโs what happens to election materials after polling day.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:China risks a spiral into deeper deflation as it diverts U.S.-bound exports to domestic market
Prices will need to drop for buyers for them to absorb goods meant for exports, experts warn โ risking deeper deflation in China.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:AI may 'exacerbate inequality' at work. Here's how experts think companies should address that
The AI boom could drive unemployment and "potentially exacerbate inequality," said CIMB Group's Pedro Uria-Recio.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Home and away, China putting tight new squeeze on Tibet
China is tightening control over Tibet and flexing its strategic roof of the world advantage by cyber-spying on the Dalai Lamaโs supporters โworldwide from Lhasa to London,โ opening Tibetโs international airport to Singapore and Nepal, and building the worldโs biggest hydroelectric dam on a glacier-fed river. China prizes resource-rich Tibetโs lofty Himalayan heights, which allow [โฆ] The post Home and away, China...
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:EU rolling out anti-war tariffs on Russian fertiliser
The EU is rolling out punitive tariffs against Russian fertiliser, using a trade bill which bypasses Hungary's foreign policy veto.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:CIA mind games and the wages of betrayal in China
[The following report is derived fromMarco Mayerโs recent conversation withFrancesco Sisciin Rome.] All main international media are highlighting the news that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has put two videos online [โSecure Contact with the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)โ, link here] to recruit Chinese officials as their informants and agents. How do [โฆ] The post CIA mind games and the...
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Labor must heed the warnings wrapped up in its election win. Young voters are crying out for action | Intifar Chowdhury
Gen Z want the government to address the big structural problems: housing supply, inequality and climateAustralia news live: latest politics and federal election updatesFull federal election results: live Australian Senate seat countI often write about how younger Australians are carving out a different political identity from older generations. But the election result has reminded us of what cuts across age and sits...
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Hong Kong: Targeting of Exiled Activistsโ Families Escalates
Click to expand Image Anna Kwok at a candlelight vigil marking the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 3, 2024 in Washington, DC. 2024 Alex Wong/Getty Images (Taipei)โ TheHong Kong police arrested the father of a prominent US-based activist, Anna Kwok, on April 30, 2025, and charged him with a national security crime, Human Rights Watch said today. The arrest of Kwok Yin-sang was the first such...
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Africa: Mauritania's Sidi Oud Tah To Unveil Vision to Lead the African Development Bank
[allAfrica] Nouakchott -- When Sidi Ould Tah addresses the media on Tuesday, May 6, he will use the opportunity to position himself as the next president of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The Mauritanian is one of five candidates seeking to replace Nigeria's Akinwumi Adesina, whose tenure as head of the AfDB ends in August 2025.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Trump orders reopening of Alcatraz prison
President Trump said Sunday that he is ordering the reopening of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison offshore from San Francisco that closed more than 60 years ago. "For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery...
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Romania election: Hard-right George Simion wins 1st round
Official electoral data shows Romania's hard-right nationalist leader, George Simion, won the most votes. A runoff with Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan is set to take place on May 18.
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Nationalist Simion ahead in Romanian election rerun
Romania's previous presidential election was cancelled over allegations of campaign fraud and Russian interference.
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Bodies of 13 workers kidnapped from a Peruvian gold mine are found
Guardsโ deaths highlights growing problem of illegal mining and criminal violence in Andean nation
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Schumer blasts Trump's response on upholding the Constitutionย
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday blasted President Trump for saying he doesn't know if he has to uphold the Constitution amid his sweeping immigration crackdown. During a โMeet the Pressโ interview with NBC Newsโs Kristen Walker, the president said he was โrelyingโ on Attorney General Pam Bondi to guide the administration's response...
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Grieving mother pleads for answers on how son died in WA jail
Lynton Ryan, 31, died after being found unresponsive in his cell. His grieving family fear it will be years before they are told how he died.
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Colombia's wind farms bring promise and pain for indigenous group
The South American country is turning to wind power, but some local people are unhappy.
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Malaysia: Wood Products Tainted by Abuse, Deforestation
Click to expand Image Matek Geram, a geospatial expert for the Sarawak Dayak Iban Association (SADIA) which supports Indigenous communities to map their ancestral territories and defend their land claims, walks through the rainforest in central Sarawak, Malaysia, September 8, 2024. 2024 Luciana Tรฉllez-Chรกvez/Human Rights Watch Malaysiaโs Sarawak state has failed to protect an Indigenous community from a company that...
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Romania nationalist George Simion clear winner in first-round presidential vote
Simion opposes military aid to Ukraine, is critical of EU leadership and says he is aligned with Trumpโs Make America Great Again movement.
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Hard-right candidate wins first round of Romaniaโs election rerun
George Simion will face centrist Bucharest mayor Nicuศor Dan in presidential run-off vote on May 18
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:US says it has launched over 1,000 strikes on Yemen
US says it has launched over 1,000 strikes on Yemen The United States has stepped up its military campaign against Yemen, with a White House official confirming that more than 1,000 strikes have so far been carried out. James Hewitt, spokesperson for the US National Security Council, said Washington remains focused on dismantling the Houthis ability to disrupt maritime routes in the Red Sea. โThe [US President Donald]...
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Recovery operation underway in Sicily to recover UK-flagged superyacht which sank last year
UK tech magnate Mike Lynch, his daughter Hannah, and five others were killed in the tragic 'Bayesian' luxury yacht sinking on 19 August 2024.
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